Journal Papers

  1. Song, C., & Lee, E. W. J. (2026). Is the interaction real? The effects of perceived spontaneity and reciprocity on interaction authenticity and viewer responses in social media livestreaming. International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1080/10447318.2026.2703330
  2. Bao, H., Wang, L., Lee, E. W. J., Zhi, P., Lin, F., & Wang, X. (2026). Examining the moderating roles of algorithm literacy in eHealth outcomes across age groups. Health Communication, 1. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2026.2703683
  3. Su, Y., Yee, A. Z. H., Loy, G. P., & Lee, E. W. J. (2026). Smartphone use patterns and well-being among older adults: A screenomics study. Technology, Mind, and Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1037/tmb0000197
  4. Pan, S., Wang, P., Herold, F., Heath, M., Lee, E. W. J., Law, E. L.-C., Lowe, C. J., Werneck, A., Gerber, M., Moreau, D., Mavilidi, M., Paas, F., Hallgren, M., Xu, X., & Zou, L. (2026). Accelerometer-derived movement phenotypes and adolescent mental health in pediatric obesity: A causal machine-learning study. International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, *26*(2), 100704. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijchp.2026.100704
  5. Bao, H., Lee, Z., Lee, G., & Lee, E. W. J. (2026). Examining motivations and barriers to digital health adoption among older adults in Singapore: A qualitative multi-stakeholder study. Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41347-026-00601-x
  6. Chan, K. H., Oh, L. E., Bao, H., & Lee, E. W. J. (2025). Co-developing SingaporeWALK mobile health app: Enhancing physical health and mental well-being among current and future older adults through inclusive technology. Digital Health, *11*, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1177/20552076251390573
  7. Luo, S., Huang, S., Lee, E. W. J., Jiang, H., Xie, L., Ye, X., Lee, H. H., Hui, K. H., Mo, P. K. H., & Xin, M. (2026). Spillover between influenza and COVID-19 vaccination behaviors across pandemic phases and implications for general vaccine hesitancy. NPJ Vaccines. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41541-026-01398-9
  8. Goh, Z. H., & Lee, E. W. J. (2026). Living in the Trust Nexus: Investigating the Interplay of News and Government Trust on Individuals’ Subjective Well‐Being in Singapore. Asian Politics & Policy, 18(2), Article e70066. https://doi.org/10.1111/aspp.70066
  9. Shi, J., Bao, H., & Lee, E. W. J. (2026). Mapping e-cigarette communication and dissemination on social media: An integrated infodemiology framework. Information, Communication & Society, *29*(3), 741–767. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2025.2524577
  10. Zhang, Y., Law, M., Wee, S., Lee, B., Chew, B., Teo, W., & Lee, E. W. J. (2025). Design, implementation, and evaluation of a community-based phygital telemonitoring program for older adults: Multisite retrospective pilot study in Singapore. JMIR Formative Research, *9*, e56905, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.2196/56905
  11. Bao, H., Meena, S. S. S., Pai, S. G. S., Singh, N., Tan, K. Z., Pham, B. T. P., Feihong, P., Theng, Y. L., & Lee, E. W. J. (2025). Design and evaluation of a digital health app (SingaporeWALK) for active ageing: Pre-post intervention study. JMIR Formative Research, *9*, e68937, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.2196/68937
  12. Bao, H., Wong, Y. J., Singh, N., Pai, S. G. S., Pham, B. T. P., Theng, Y. L., & Lee, E. W. J. (2025). Data absenteeism in digital health technology research for older adults: A systematic review. BMC Digital Health, *3*(14), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1186/s44247-025-00152-w
  13. Bao, H., Pai, S. G. S., Singh, N. B., Pham, B. T. P., Siva Subramaniam, S. M., Theng, Y. L., & Lee, E. W. J. (2025). Single or multiplayer mode? Examining the effects of exergames in improving physical health and well-being among older adults. Games for Health Journal, *14*(2), 119–126. https://doi.org/10.1089/g4h.2023.0241
  14. Lee, E. W. J., Bao, H., Meena, S. S. S., Singh, N., Pai, S. G. S., Pham, B. T. P., & Theng, Y. L. (2025). Implementing an inclusive digital health ecosystem for healthy aging: A case study on project SingaporeWALK. JAMIA Open, *8*(1), ooae148. https://doi.org/10.1093/jamiaopen/ooae148
  15. Nirmala, M., Bao, H., Jansen, B., Koh, M. W. A., Kok, L. W., Ng, J. J., & Lee, E. W. J. (2025). Sit is not lit: Influence of social media messaging on reducing sedentary behavior. Social Science & Medicine, *366*, 117683, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.117683
  16. Withers, M., Castillo-Carandang, N. T., Rimon II, J. G., Calimag, M. M. P., McCool, J., Lee, E. W. J., Guillemot, J. R., & Portus, L. M. (2025). The role of social scientists in global health crises. Journal of Public Health and Emergency, *9*(20), 1–7. https://doi.org/10.21037/jphe-24-130
  17. Pai, S. G. S., Tan, K. Z., Bao, H., Pham Phat, B., Theng, Y.-L., Lee, E. W. J., & Singh, N. B. (2025). Leveraging community-centric digital health technology to sustain healthier living: Inferences from a wearables-based exergaming program [Preprint]. medRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.08.12.25332025
  18. Bai, S. Y., & Lee, E. W. J. (2024). Examining media’s coverage of COVID-19 vaccines and social media sentiments on vaccine manufacturers’ stock prices. Frontiers in Public Health, *12*, 1411345, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1411345
  19. Lee, E. W. J., Bao, H., Wu, Y. S., Wang, K., & Viswanath, K. (2024). Examining health apps and wearable use in improving physical and mental well-being across U.S., China, and Singapore. Scientific Reports, *14*, 10779, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-61268-z
  20. Viswanath, K., Lee, E. W. J., & Dryer, E. (2024). Social media and vaccination: Some critical questions about data absenteeism, communication inequalities and evidence gaps. BMJ, *385*, e076478. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2023-076478
  21. Lee, E. W. J., Tan, W. W., Kawaja, A., Pham, B. T. P., & Theng, Y. L. (2024). Addressing the twin problem of technology and data absenteeism in the use of wearable gloves and virtual exercise games to improve exercise adherence among seniors and stroke patients: A usability study. JMIR Serious Games, *12*, e47600, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.2196/47600
  22. Ma, H., Lee, E. W. J., Xie, L., Lee, H. H., Hui, K. H., Xin, M., & Mo, P. K. H. (2024). Examining the roles of social media information exposure and seeking on COVID-19 vaccination through the S-O-R model: A two-wave panel in Hong Kong. Computers in Human Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2024.108243
  23. Zhang, T. H., Tham, J. S., Lee, E. W. J., & Waheed, M. (2024). Linking pathways from perceived absolute and comparative risk to colorectal cancer screening intention: Towards an extended cognitive mediation model. Mass Communication & Society. https://doi.org/10.1080/10510974.2024.2331812
  24. Kang, H., Lee, J. Y., Lee, E. W. J., & Toh, C. W. T. (2024). The roles of trust in government and sense of community in the COVID-19 contact tracing privacy calculus: Mixed method study using a 2-wave survey and in-depth interviews. JMIR mHealth and uHealth, *12*, e48986, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.2196/48986
  25. Bao, H., & Lee, E. W. J. (2024). Examining the antecedents and health outcomes of health apps and wearables use: An integration of the technology acceptance model and communication inequality. Behaviour & Information Technology, *43*(4), 695–716. https://doi.org/10.1080/0144929X.2023.2183062
  26. Lee, E. W. J., Zheng, H., Goh, D. H. L., Lee, C. S., & Theng, Y. L. (2024). Examining COVID-19 tweet diffusion using an integrated social amplification and risk and issue-attention cycle framework. Health Communication, *39*(3), 493–506. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2023.2170201
  27. Bao, H., & Lee, E. W. J. (2023). Examining theoretical frameworks and antecedents of health apps and wearables use: A scoping review. Health Communication. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2023.2283655
  28. Lee, S., Jones-Jang, S. M., Lee, E. W. J., & Diehl, T. (2023). Examining the role of distrust in science and social media use: Effects on susceptibility to COVID misperceptions with panel data. Mass Communication & Society. https://doi.org/10.1080/15205436.2023.2268053
  29. Bao, H., & Lee, E. W. J. (2023). Examining antecedents of factual knowledge and perceived familiarity of COVID-19 contact tracing app: A modified cognitive mediation model. Journal of Health Communication, *28*, 61–70. https://doi.org/10.1080/10810730.2023.2231372
  30. Yao, Y., Wu, Y. S., Weng, X., Viswanath, K., Lee, E. W. J., & Wang, M. P. (2023). Socioeconomic disparities in exposure to and endorsement of COVID-19 vaccine misinformation, and the associations with vaccine hesitancy and vaccination. Public Health, *223*, 217–222. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2023.08.005
  31. Qian, Y., Liu, Z., Lee, E. W. J., Wang, Y., & Ni, Z. (2023). Exploring the incentive function of virtual academic degrees in a Chinese online smoking cessation community: Qualitative content analysis. Journal of Medical Internet Research, *25*, e42260, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.2196/42260
  32. Lee, E. W. J., Bao, H., Wang, Y., & Lim, Y. T. (2023). From pandemic to plandemic: Examining the amplification and attenuation of COVID-19 misinformation on social media. Social Science & Medicine, *328*, 115979, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.115979
  33. Zhang, Y., Lee, E. W. J., & Teo, W. P. (2023). Health-seeking behavior and its associated technology use: Interview study among community-dwelling older adults. JMIR Aging, *6*, e43709, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.2196/43709
  34. Lee, E. W. J., Bekalu, M. A., McCloud, R. F., & Viswanath, K. (2023). Toward an extended infodemiology framework: Leveraging social media data and web search queries as digital pulse on cancer communication. Health Communication, *38*(2), 335–348. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2021.1951957
  35. Lee, E. W. J., Lim, V. S. H., & Ng, C. K. (2022). Understanding public perceptions and intentions to adopt traditional versus emerging investment platforms: The effect of message framing and regulatory focus theory on the technology acceptance model. Telematics and Informatics Reports, *8*, 100024, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.teler.2022.100024
  36. Lee, S., Tandoc, E., Jr., & Lee, E. W. J. (2023). Social media may hinder learning about science: Social media’s role in learning about COVID-19. Computers in Human Behavior, *138*, 107487, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2022.107487
  37. Xie, L., Lee, E. W. J., Fong, V. W. I., Hui, K., Xin, M., & Mo, P. K. H. (2022). Perceived information distortion about COVID-19 vaccination and addictive social media use among social media users in Hong Kong: The moderating roles of functional literacy and critical literacy. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, *19*(8550), 1–13.
  38. Li, B. J., Lee, E. W. J., Goh, Z. H., & Tandoc, E., Jr. (2022). From frequency to fatigue: Exploring the influence of videoconference use on videoconference fatigue in Singapore. Computers in Human Behavior Reports, *7*, 100214, 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chbr.2022.100214
  39. Viswanath, K., McCloud, R. F., Lee, E. W. J., & Bekalu, M. A. (2022). Measuring what matters: Data absenteeism, science communication and the perpetuation of inequalities. The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, *700*(1), 208–219. https://doi.org/10.1177/00027162221093268
  40. Zhou, X., Lee, E. W. J., Wang, X., Lin, L., Xuan, Z., Wu, D., Lin, H., & Shen, P. (2022). Infectious diseases prevention and control using an integrated health big data system in China. BMC Infectious Diseases, *22*(1), 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-022-07316-3
  41. Han, Z., Goh, D. H.-L., Lee, E. W. J., Lee, C. S., & Theng, Y.-L. (2022). Understanding the effects of message cues on COVID-19 information sharing on Twitter. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, *73*, 847–862. https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.24587
  42. Vanden Abeele, M. M. P., Halfmann, A., & Lee, E. W. J. (2022). Drug, demon or donut? Theorizing the relationship between social media use, digital wellbeing and digital disconnection. Current Opinion in Psychology, *45*, 101295, 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2021.12.007
  43. Lee, E. W. J., McCloud, R. F., & Viswanath, K. (2022). Designing effective eHealth interventions for underserved communities: Five perennial lessons from a decade of eHealth interventions design and deployment. Journal of Medical Internet Research, *24*(1), e25419. https://doi.org/10.2196/25419
  44. Lu, J., & Lee, E. W. J. (2021). Examining Twitter discourse on electronic cigarette and tobacco consumption during the 2018 National Cancer Prevention Month: A topic modelling and geospatial approach. Journal of Medical Internet Research, *23*(12), e28042. https://doi.org/10.2196/28042
  45. Lee, E. W. J., & Shi, J. (2021). Examining the roles of fatalism, stigma, and risk perception on cancer information seeking and avoidance among Chinese adults in Hong Kong. Journal of Psychosocial Oncology, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/07347332.2021.1957061
  46. Wang, X., & Lee, E. W. J. (2020). Negative emotions shape the diffusion of cancer tweets: Toward an integrated social network–text mining. Internet Research, *31*(2), 401–418. https://doi.org/10.1108/INTR-04-2020-0181
  47. Viswanath, K., Lee, E. W. J., & Pinnamaneni, R. (2020). We need the lens of equity in COVID-19 communication. Health Communication, *35*, 1743–1746. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2020.1837445
  48. Lee, E. W. J., Bekalu, M. A., McCloud, R. F., Vallone, D., Arya, M., Osgood, N., Li, X., Minsky, S., & Viswanath, K. (2020). The potential of smartphone apps in informing protobacco and antitobacco messaging efforts among underserved communities: Longitudinal observational study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, *22*(7), e17451. https://doi.org/10.2196/17451
  49. Lee, E. W. J., Han, Z., Aung, H. H., Seidmann, V., Li, C., Aroor, M. R., … Theng, Y. L. (2020). Examining organizational, cultural, and individual-level factors related to workplace safety and health awareness and risks: A systematic review and metric analysis. Health Communication, *36*(5), 529–539. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2020.1731913
  50. Lee, E. W. J., & Yee, A. Z. H. (2020). Toward data sense-making in digital health technologies research: Why theory matters in the age of big data. Frontiers in Communication, *5*(11), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2020.00011
  51. Lee, E. W. J., & Viswanath, K. (2020). Big data in context: Addressing the twin perils of data absenteeism and chauvinism in the context of health disparities research. Journal of Medical Internet Research, *22*(1), e16377. https://doi.org/10.2196/16377
  52. Lee, E. W. J., & Ho, S. S. (2018). Are photographs worth more than a thousand words? Examining the effects of photographic–textual and textual-only frames on public attitude toward nuclear energy and nanotechnology. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, *95*, 948–970. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077699017741090
  53. Ho, S. S., Lwin, M. O., Yee, A. Z. H., & Lee, E. W. J. (2017). Understanding factors associated with Singaporean adolescents’ privacy protection behavior using an extended theory of planned behavior. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, *20*, 572–579. https://doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2017.0061
  54. Ho, S. S., Lwin, M. O., & Lee, E. W. J. (2017). Till logout do us part? Comparison of factors predicting excessive social network sites use and addiction between Singaporean adolescents and adults. Computers in Human Behavior, *75*, 632–642. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2017.06.002
  55. Yang, X., Chua, H., Lee, E. W. J., & Ho, S. S. (2017). Extending the cognitive mediation model: Examining factors associated with perceived familiarity and factual knowledge of nanotechnology. Mass Communication and Society, *20*, 403–426. https://doi.org/10.1080/15205436.2016.1271436
  56. Lee, E. W. J., Ho, S. S., & Lwin, M. O. (2017). Extending the social cognitive model: Examining external and personal antecedents of social network sites use among Singaporean adolescents. Computers in Human Behavior, *67*, 240–251. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.10.030
  57. Lee, E. W. J., Ho, S. S., & Lwin, M. O. (2017). Explicating problematic social network sites use: A review of concepts, theoretical frameworks and future direction for communication theorizing. New Media & Society, *19*, 308–326. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444816671891
  58. Ho, S. S., Lee, E. W. J., & Liao, Y. (2016). Social network sites, friends, and celebrities: The roles of social comparison and celebrity involvement in adolescents’ body image dissatisfaction. Social Media + Society, *2*(3), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305116664360
  59. Lee, E. W. J., Shin, M. C., Kawaja, A., & Ho, S. S. (2016). The augmented cognitive mediation model: Examining antecedents of factual and structural breast cancer knowledge among Singaporean women. Journal of Health Communication, *21*, 583–592. https://doi.org/10.1080/10810730.2015.1114053
  60. Ho, S. S., Lee, E. W. J., Ng, K., Leong, G., & Tham, T. (2016). For fit’s sake: A norms-based approach to healthy behaviors through influence of presumed media influence. Health Communication, *31*, 1072–1080. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2015.1038772
  61. Lee, E. W. J., & Ho, S. S. (2015). The perceived familiarity gap hypothesis: Examining how media attention and reflective integration relate to perceived familiarity with nanotechnology in Singapore. Journal of Nanoparticle Research, *17*(228), 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-015-3036-z
  62. Lee, E. W. J., & Ho, S. S. (2015). Staying abreast of breast cancer: Examining how communication and motivation relate to Singaporean women’s breast cancer knowledge. Asian Journal of Communication, *25*, 422–442. https://doi.org/10.1080/01292986.2014.976580
  63. Ho, S. S., Detenber, B. H., Sonny, R., & Lee, E. W. J. (2014). Seeking information about climate change: Effects of media use in an extended PRISM. Science Communication, *36*, 270–295. https://doi.org/10.1177/1075547013520238
  64. Lee, E. W. J., Ho, S. S., Chow, J. K., Wu, Y. Y., & Yang, Z. X. (2013). Communication and knowledge as motivators: Understanding Singaporean women’s perceived risks of breast cancer and intentions to engage in preventive measures. Journal of Risk Research, *16*, 879–902. https://doi.org/10.1080/13669877.2012.761264